来 lái arrive
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75]Similar looking characters : 米 mǐ (rice)
Alternative traditional form of character: 來
Made with 7 strokes.
A representation of the welcome sight of a good harvest of grain
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) ; 本 běn (root) ; 菜 cài (vegetable) ; 彩 cǎi (color) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 柴 chái (firewood) ; 床 chuáng (bed) ; 杆 gān (pole) ; 果 guǒ (fruit) ; 机 jī (machine) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 桔 jú (tangerine) ; 棵 kē (of plants) ; 李 lǐ (plum) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 林 lín (forest) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 棋 qí (board game) ; 秦 qín (Qin) ; 亲 qīn (parent) ; 柔 róu (soft) ; 杀 shā (to kill) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 术 shù (method) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 条 tiáo (strip) ; 未 wèi (not yet) ; 闲 xián (to stay idle) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 植 zhí (to plant) ; 枝 zhī (branch) ; 桌 zhuō (table)
Pronunciation
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People
周恩来 Zhou EnlaiProverbs
空穴来风未必无因 kōng xuè lái féng wèi bì wú yīn There are always clues that something is about to happen苦尽甘来 kǔ jìn gān lái After troubles comes happiness
来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng There is adequate time to achieve your desires
逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu Deal with things as they happen; do not put them off
否极泰来 pǐ jí tài lái When the situation reaches its lowest point it will then begin to improve.
山雨欲来风满楼 shān yǚ yù lái fēng mǎn lóu A premonition of something significant about to happen